Combe Vid, Z4M, some poo, GT3RS & Aventador SV chases
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looking good! Looking forward to getting my zed back out on track - eyeing a date at snetterton on 30th March if you're around.
Liverpool
From the video, it looks almost as if your NSR wheel remains on the wet bit as you turn in and bounce, so may have contributed to the spin no matter what.
Haven't been back to Combe for years, but used to stay at either the Castle Inn or Manor House when I did...as I hate early starts
Haven't been back to Combe for years, but used to stay at either the Castle Inn or Manor House when I did...as I hate early starts
North West Surrey
Used to chase 911s and supercharged Golf VR6s around Combe in my old Corrado VR6.
What was surprising to both of those was how a lightly modified car could keep up with & outbrake both a 'sports car' and a supercharged Golf with over 100bhp more
Mainly I think it was the foot-in all the way out of Camp to Quarry (and only breaking AFTER Avon Rise) - although you couldn't do that at the Z4M's speed.
We did have one guy in his company-leased VR6 4-motion, that tried to follow me through Hammerdown in the wet, to end up on the back of a recovery truck with every panel on the car bashed up
What was surprising to both of those was how a lightly modified car could keep up with & outbrake both a 'sports car' and a supercharged Golf with over 100bhp more
Mainly I think it was the foot-in all the way out of Camp to Quarry (and only breaking AFTER Avon Rise) - although you couldn't do that at the Z4M's speed.
We did have one guy in his company-leased VR6 4-motion, that tried to follow me through Hammerdown in the wet, to end up on the back of a recovery truck with every panel on the car bashed up
Amazing video...those guys in their £200k machines must have thought wtf was going on with this little Z4 chasing them down the track. Brilliant stuff!
You should put on a track day for a few Zers and teach folk the limits of the car!
You should put on a track day for a few Zers and teach folk the limits of the car!
Angelus666 said:
Did the same thing to some exotic cars at a recent track day here in my humble 3.0 E85. Training from an experienced race driver makes a huge difference. It’s great to “improve” the car through modifications but understanding the dynamics of car behaviour relative to driver input can give the biggest gains and driver satisfaction. (IMHO)
staggered 8.5, 9.5.Haggisman said:
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Thanks for info, I was concerned about creating more understeer but I guess I could dial that out with suspension settings, more front neg camber, sway bar settings. The wider rears certainly look better and my car is predominantly a road car.
Great videos. The little Zed did well keeping up with mighty competition - a combination of bravery, skill and a capable car I think.
However, there’s a point when you know it’s all about to go wrong but it’s already too late to catch it.... I’m always glad when I’ve got away with it - my last track day a Huracán went into the wall and a mate binned his F80 M3 causing $50k of damage. I had a huge sideways moment but thankfully it was only shared with the driver of the supercharged 6.2 litre Holden behind me and a marshall.
However, there’s a point when you know it’s all about to go wrong but it’s already too late to catch it.... I’m always glad when I’ve got away with it - my last track day a Huracán went into the wall and a mate binned his F80 M3 causing $50k of damage. I had a huge sideways moment but thankfully it was only shared with the driver of the supercharged 6.2 litre Holden behind me and a marshall.